Extensive Reading-Book B Unit 41 (E)

auxiliary

supplemental
The auxiliary unit her husband belonged to was deployed to Iraq.

bureaucratic

arbitrary and routine
The company continued to lose money because of their highly bureaucratic procedures.

coalesced

merge into a single body
The many different educational ideas coalesced into one main theory.

codify

systematize, classify
The manger worked incessantly to codify the office procedures.

contemporary

belonging to or occurring in the present; modern
She chose to live in this city because she liked the contemporary buildings.

dialects

a form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country
Some experts estimate that there are over 8,000 dialects spoken in China.

diphthongs

a vowel sound in which the tongue changes position to produce the sound of two vowels
The word "boil" is an example of a diphthong.

epidemics

Widely prevalent
The avian flu epidemic scared the entire country.

fascinating

extremely interesting
The tour offered a fascinating view of the city's history.

incorporated

to combine or join with something already formed
The book incorporates all of his ideas on education.

insurrection

a rising up against established authority
To avoid the possibility of insurrection, the king killed all of the prisoners.

invasions

An intrusion or encroachment
The country was ravaged by the constant invasions from its neighbors.

legions

a large group of soldiers
The Roman legions at times consisted of 3,000 to 6,000.

linguists

a specialist in linguistics
linguists often find jobs in research.

mobility

moving or able to move to a higher social class
People who live in poverty have limited opportunities for upward mobility.

occupation

the seizure and control of a country or area by military forces
Japan's occupation of Korea lasted for 35 years.

pace

a rate of movement
She ran at a steady pace.

plague

serious disease which kills many people
In the 14th century, the bubonic plague killed half the people in Europe.

static

not changing for a long time
The education system has remained static for the past 50 years.

supplemented

add to make up for a lack or deficiency
His wife supplemented his income by working at the department store.